Game apparatus.



A. S. BELLAMY.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED D150. 19. 1913.

1, 1 1 9,673, Patented Dec. 1,1914.

ArchibaZdSBelldW l/vmeoow ARCHIBALD SEPTIMUS BELLAMY, 01 PORT ALBERNI, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

Application filed December 19, 1913. Serial No. 807,739.

To all wlzomit may concern Be it known that I, AncnniALo S. BEL-' Lanr, a citizen of Canada, residing at Port Alberni. in the Province of British Columbia and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to game apparatus; and it has for its primary object the provision of apparatus of this character which may be played by two or more persons, and one, which will be provided with a playing surface having a series of stall-like parts or compartments thereon marked or provided with play value indicia and further, the provision of movable objects which are adapted to be projected over the playing surface by hand and to be manipulated so as to take different courses over the playing surface and to be projected into one of the play value indicating stalls or compartments.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the figure is a perspective view of the apparatus.

The apparatus comprises a blank board 1, as shown in the present instance, but I desire it to be understood, however, that various modifications as to the arrangement of the board or the formation thereof may be changed to meet obvious requirements. That is to say, the board may be of any suitable proportion and it may be made in the form of a table if desired. The board is provided with two vertically rising sides 2 and one vertically rising end wall 3, the walls 2 serving as guides and guards or deflectors for a purpose to be hereinafter described. Through the arrangement of the Walls 2 and 3 which rise from the edges of the board 1 the latter is open at one end only for the convenience of the players when manipulating the movable objects or playing pieces to be subsequently described.

The board is provided with a series of ways 4 defined by parallel vertically rising walls These walls are arranged in a continuous or uniform line from one corner of the board toward the center thereof and the ends in one direction are curved as at 6 and are disposed substantially concentric with courses taken by the playing pieces or objects. The ways are distinguished from each other by play value indicating numbers or other suitable. indicia 7 printed upon the board at the discharge end of the ways. At the other corner and at the open end of the board is defined a starting section 8 bounded by a suitable line 9.

In playing the game, objects 10 such as the one shown in full lines in the lower righthand corner of the figure are employed. This object is in the form of a frustoconical member and is adapted to roll upon its tapered side 11, whereby it will take a curved course after being projected from the starting space 8 and be directed toward the ways or sub-divisions 4 previously described. The object is provided with an outer cushion surface 12, which is adapted to absorb the noise incident to its contact with the playing surface of the board. Adjacent to the closed end 3 of the board is an arcuate guiding and deflecting wall 13 having its ends extended directly onto the vertically rising sides 2. This wall is provided for the purpose of engaging and then deflecting the object 12 after the latter has been projected over the playing surface by the hand of the operator. The object 10 may be projected by shooting the same between appropriate fingers of the hand of the player and on experience one may regulate the projection of the objects so as to necessitate its passing into a particularly designated way 4 according to the value of the play contemplated to be made by the player.

It is obviously stated that any suitable rules may be founded by means of which the game may be played to promote interest and. enthusiasm. Ordinarily, two or more persons may play the game with the object of alternately projecting the playing piece over the playing surface of the board and causing the piece to travel through the ways 4 of the board. A prescribed number may be played before the players with the object that the one obtaining the number first and with regard to the play value of the ways wins the game. Assuming that the number is 150 and that a player has obtained a. total of numbers making 145, it becomes necessary that he obtain only an amount of 5 to win. If a player should on his next move project the playing piece into a way having a loo value greater than the amount desired to bring the total to the prescribed number, the play will not count and the player in proper rotation or in order of the game will be compelled to continue his efiorts toward projecting the object into a way havin the value of the balance or remainder the number necessary to make the necessary total.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood Without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as claimed.

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The herein described game ap aratus comprising a board having substantia ly parallel side walls, a substantially semi-circular deflecting wall connectin said side walls at one end of the boar and a series of spaced walls forming ways between them,

ARGHIBA LD SEP'lIMUS BELLAMY.

Witnesses:

- M. G. BELLAMY,

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